Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: geoff@pmafire.UUCP (Geoff Allen) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Trouble passages in the SOM Message-ID: Date: 17 Sep 89 18:14:32 GMT Organization: WINCO, INEL, Idaho Lines: 26 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article I wrote: >A true follower of Christ would be a thinking, hardworking, happily >married man or woman who's willing to defend others with his or her life >if necessary, and who recognizes the incredible gift that God has >granted in the sacrifice of his Son to pay the debt owed for our sins. I recieved some friendly e-mail about this (whoever it was - I forget - thank you for pointing out my shortsightedness). Basically, it was pointed out to me that I should have said: "A true follower of Christ would be a thinking, hardworking, happily married (or single) man or woman ...." This takes into account that God doesn't intend for everyone to be married (cf. I Cor. 7). I apologise for letting my own happily married bias slip into this discussion. -- Geoff Allen {uunet,bigtex}!pmafire!geoff ucdavis!egg-id!pmafire!geoff "May the God of Peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." -- Hebrews 13:20,21 (NIV)